Understood. Sports are different than the average profession. Salaries are still out of control. Just my opinion.
It really isn't any different at all than the average profession in this regard, even though sports are way more competitive and performance-based than the average profession. Say somebody makes $50k, or $1m, or $10m, in a year. The nominal amount doesn't really matter. How do you know if that salary is out of control or not? You have to have something to compare it to.
If somebody makes $10m/year and brings in an amount of revenue that barely covers their salary, then that salary is out of control. If someone makes that same salary and is responsible for bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars beyond what a "replacement level" person would, then that salary is a bargain.
So basically...Saban's salary isn't out of control, but Jeremy Pruitt's is. Dooley's OC salary at Mizzou was too.